She made it work.

weirdppl_smlShe was being modest.

“I’m just doing what I wanted to and what feels right and not settling for bullshit and it worked. How can they be mad at that?” – Janis Joplin

“She’s got an opinion about everything and states it forcefully, astutely, originally. When she really gets going she can weave her sentences into a stunning cascade of words that overwhelms anyone who disagrees with her.” – John Byrne Cook

“Rolling Stone ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.”